पन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- পন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ပန် (Burmese script)
- પન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೝ (Kannada script)
- បន៑ (Khmer script)
- ປນ຺ (Lao script)
- പന് (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ପନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- පන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- பந் (Tamil script)
- పౝ (Telugu script)
- ปนฺ (Thai script)
- པ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Dunkel and Cowgill take the root as a back-formation from the affixed root विपन् (vipan, “to pride one's self, boast”), which they consider as related to विप् (vip, “to tremble, agitate”), and thus ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to tremble, swing away”). Other theories connect the root to Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬀 (spanta, “healing, beneficial”), itself of poorly-resolved origin, while suggestions connecting the root to Proto-Indo-European *spend- (“to perform a rite”) are formally unlikely.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɐn̪/
Root
पन् • (pan)
- to admire, be worthy of admiration
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PANᴵ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 80-1
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “पन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 585, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 95
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पन्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016